GeoHot has just released the first jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS! To download it you can head over to the website purplera1n.com. Unfortuneatly it is only available for Windows but he states that he will work on a Mac version as soon as he can. Below is a letter from GeoHot.
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Yes, this is what you've all been waiting for. A jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS. And it's awesome. To get started right now, go to purplera1n.com. Download it. Make sure you have windows(but not 7), the latest iTunes installed, and an iPhone 3GS with 3.0 firmware. Connect your iPhone normally. Click "make it ra1n". Wait. On bootup, run Freeze, the purplera1n installer app. Hopefully you'll figure out what to do from there. Best tutorial gets linked to from purplera1n site. This tool is beta. Make sure to have everything backed up before running. Also if Cydia doesn't show up after running Freeze, reboot.
If you need help email purplera1n.support at gmail and attach your purplera1n.log file. Or call the purplera1n support hotline @ (650) 265-1210 Mac version is coming shortly.
Normally I don't make tools for the general public, and rather wait for the dev team to do it. But guys, whats up with waiting until 3.1? That isn't how the game is played. We release, Apple fixes, we find new holes. It isn't worth waiting because you might have the "last" hole in the iPhone. What last hole...this isn't golf. I'll find a new one next week. Also your purplera1nyday files ensure that you can always get back to a jailbroken state, so if you have it it's just a matter of tools.
Props to chronic dev for their help, and to kroo for writing v2 of Freeze. And props to Saurik for making an awesome package set. Note the binary size of purplera1n, it's smaller than C++ hello world. No 20MB thing that needs to be torrented. And no IPSW to download. This is how jailbreak should be!
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Thanks GeoHot! Worked perfectly, Cydia installed with no problem.
However, when installing Winterboard it crashes the iPhone & puts the phone into safe mode until you remove it from the phone!
could not be said any better
about time !!!!!
This is how jailbreak should be!
THANKS GEOHOT:
NOW MAKE IT WORK WITH WINTERBOARD PLEASE
SO I CAN TELL THE DIFFEENCE FROM SOMEONE ELSES iPHONE.. YOU ROCK DUDE
downloaded but having problems with springboard crashing
Winterboard doesn’t work yet… that is why it is crashing, along with numerous other programs don’t support it yet.
Yup, winterboard is not working, and also voip3g which causes apps the just exist after a few seconds, I though something was messed up the first time, and reinstalled my phone, just to realize it was the voip3g.
I hope those will be fixed soon (especially the voip3g).
So the dev team out this on hold but this guy has done it? How safe is this?
this is cool
cool
iPhone users from Canada, sick of Mac. screwin us, can’t use gift cards to purchase Apps. WTF !? Thank-You, Thank-You, Thank-You, QUICK, painless, AWESOME, keep up the GREAT work, Just Too Cool, best thing we’ve ever done, Works SOOO Well !!!
really cool thank you